page_title: Boyko Borisov
section_title: Domestic policy
hierarchical_section_title: Boyko Borisov / Second term as Prime Minister of Bulgaria / Domestic policy
caption_attribution_description: EPP EaP Leaders' Meeting - 21 May
context_page_description: Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Bulgaria since May 2017. He was also Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to January 2017, making him Bulgaria's second-longest serving Prime Minister to date.
  Borisov was elected Mayor of Sofia in 2004. In December 2005, he was the founding chairman of the conservative political party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, becoming its lead candidate in the 2009 general election. Borisov led GERB to a landslide victory in 2009, defeating the incumbent Socialist Party, and resigned as mayor of Sofia to be sworn in as Prime Minister. He resigned in 2013, after nationwide protests against the government's energy policy, but after leading GERB to victory in the 2014 general election, he became Prime Minister again. His second term ended similarly to his first, after Borisov resigned in January 2017, this time following GERB's defeat in the 2016 presidential election. As before, Borisov led GERB to election victory again in the snap 2017 general election, becoming Prime Minister for a third time.
  Under Borisov's cabinets, Bulgaria has seen improved macroeconomic stability.
context_section_description: During Borisov's second government, the business climate and promised reforms took a nosedive. “Reforms failed to get off the ground, in particular, changes to the justice system and plans to help cash-strapped schools and the creaking health care system.” Additionally, Bulgaria's parliament rejected an anti-corruption law.
  The cultivation of genetically modified crops was banned in 2015.
caption: Boyko Borisov and Angela Merkel
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